Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays (15-16), after sweeping their first series of the season versus the Angels on May 8, have now followed that series sweep with a series loss. After losing the first game of the series against the Seattle Mariners (20-13) on Monday, the Rays fell 6-4 Tuesday night to lose the …

The Tampa Bay Rays (10-11) blew the chance to sweep their first series this season. After defeating the Baltimore Orioles (12-8) in the first two games of the series, the Rays fell 3-1 in the final game of the series Wednesday night. Despite out-hitting the Orioles 4-3 on Wednesday, a three-run homer from …

After getting off to a poor 3-7 start through the first ten games this season, the Tampa Bay Rays may finally be finding their rhythm. The Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Tuesday night to win the series versus the Orioles. The Rays have now won three straight and three of their past …

Heading into a series opener against division rival Baltimore, the Tampa Bay Rays looked to keep their momentum going after an 8-1 victory over the New York Yankees the previous night. They had gotten off to an extremely hot start, scoring five runs in the first inning alone. They hit …

It’s never too early in the Major League Baseball season for a road victory within the division to be meaningful, as the Rays found out on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. After the Rays dropped the first two games of their weekend series against the Yankees, Sunday’s 8-1 rout of …

The hot bats of the Rays torched former teammate David Price on his first start against them as a division rival. But the Red Sox were the ones who got out of the gate early, scoring five runs in the first inning. Dustin Pedroia hit his first home run of the …

The Tampa Bay Rays seem to have something to Smyly about after Tuesday night’s 10 inning game; the Rays (6-7) beat the Boston Red Sox (6-7) last night in Boston 3-0. The Rays’ secret weapon Tuesday was pitcher Drew Smyly, who allowed only one hit in eight innings.  In his second straight start, Smyly struck out 11, …

With the hot bat of Brandon Guyer and tremendous pitching of Matt Moore, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Sunday afternoon. This is the first series win of the season for the Rays. Brandon Guyer tied a career high with four hits in the game.  He singled to …

The Tampa Bay Rays host the White Sox as they open a three-game weekend set tonight on Jackie Robinson Day. Jake Odorizzi will start for the Rays. The 6’2″ pitcher is 0-1 with an ERA of 3.86. On the mound for the series opener vs. @WhiteSox is Illinois native @JakeOdorizzi. …

While it was only Matt Moore’s second start of the season, the pitcher from Fort Walton Beach, Florida was in full midseason form Tuesday night. The 2013 All-Star allowed one run in seven innings of work in Tampa Bay’s series opener against the Cleveland Indians, leading the Rays to a 5-1 victory at Tropicana …